Biography John Bagot Glubb was born in 1897, his father being a regular officer in the Royal Engineers. At the age of four he left England for Mauritius, where his father was posted for a three-year tour of duty. At the age of ten he was sent to school for a year in Switzerland. These… Continue reading The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival, By Sir John Glubb
Month: January 2018
Margarine Mascot Monkey Gives Birth in Pipe Organ
On October 31, 1919, we find that a monkey named Nuko escaped, ran amok, hid in a pipe organ in San Francisco’s Civic Auditorium (now Bill Graham Auditorium), and gave birth. What happened? For those of you unlucky enough to be born in the 21st century, I can tell you that the entire history of… Continue reading Margarine Mascot Monkey Gives Birth in Pipe Organ